Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865
By Sarah Raymond Herndon
Length4h 58m
About this audiobook
Days on the Road is an autobiographical account of a young woman who traveled over the Great Plains toward the Rocky Mountains by wagon train with her mother and two younger brothers. Barely a month after the end of the Civil War, Sarah Raymond Herndonheaded westwith no certain idea of where to go but a strong desire to leave Missouri and start a new life in the West.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, History
Length4 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 1, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865
36WE WORSHIP IN THE WILDERNESS.
2PREFACE.
37WE CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.
3REMINISCENCES OF THE PLAINS
38THE BLACK HILLS.
4PRESS NOTICES.
39WE VISIT A BEAUTIFUL SPRING.
5WE START.
40WE CUT OUR NAMES IN STONE.
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6OUR FIRST CAMP.
41LARAMIE PLAINS.
7THROUGH MEMPHIS.
42IN THE RAIN.
8I MEET AN ACQUAINTANCE.
43INDIANS.
9AN ADDITION TO OUR PARTY.
44WE CLIMB ELK MOUNTAIN.
10BLOOMFIELD, IOWA.
45WE CROSS THE NORTH PLATTE.
11BEAUTIFUL APPLES.
46NEELIE IS SICK.
12MISS MILBURN’S LOVE STORY.
47THE SUMMIT OE THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
13A LETTER TO BROTHER MAC.
48SIM BUFORD SICK.
14THE ICARIAN COMMUNITY.
49OUR TRAIN DIVIDED.
15A SWING AMONG THE TREES.
50WE OVERTAKE THE CALIFORNIA TRAIN.
16A FATAL ACCIDENT.
51ON BITTER CREEK.
17BEREAVEMENT.
52DELAYED ANOTHER DAY.
18A FUNERAL.
53A FATAL SHOOTING.
19ON THE BANKS OF THE BIG MUDDY.
54TRIED FOR MURDER.
20OUR LAST DAY WITH MISS MILBURN.
55WE LEAVE THE TRAIN.
21WE HAVE OUR PICTURES TAKEN.
56WILD CURRANTS GALORE.
22A YANKEE HOMESTEAD.
57MR. CURRY’S HORSE STOLEN.
23WE MEET A FRIEND.
58ANXIOUSLY WAITING AT HAM’S FORK.
24ON THE BANKS OF THE PLATTE.
59THE WANDERERS’ RETURN.
25THE ORDER OF OUR GOING.
60SIM’S STORY OF THEIR WANDERINGS.
26FORT KEARNEY.
61BEAR RIVER MOUNTAIN.
27ELEVEN GRAVES.
62WE MEET CAPTAIN HARDINBROOKE’S BROTHER.
28A NARROW ESCAPE.
63MORMON TOWNS IN IDAHO.
29BEAUX.
64WE MEET MEN RETURNING TO THE STATES.
30WE DECIDE TO GO TO MONTANA.
65MOTHER AND I SAVE JOE’S LIFE.
31PRAIRIE DOGS.
66DICK IS SOLD. OH, DEAR.
32PREACHING SERVICES.
67MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY.
33MUSIC IN CAMP.
68SWEET WATER CAÑON.
34THE MOUNTAINS IN SIGHT.
69THE END OF OUR JOURNEY.
35A TOWN OF TENTS AND WAGONS.
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